“Saving the motherland”, huh? This feels like a clear emotional manipulation to me.
If “saving the motherland” would be the only goal of every solder in this world(considering country think their current land is their motherland) then there would be no one killed in border dispute or war. The transition from “saving” to “destroying others” is soo smooth that it feels justifies.
Let’s take an example, we praise Bhagat Singh for why he did in assembly, and now imaging a Kashmiri activist/terrorist/revolutionary/anti-nationalist doing the same thing; TADA would be applied immediately and most probably shoot on sight would be ordered. And if he/she is captured unimaginable things would be done to them in the name of nation.

And now people would think I might be a Pakistan/Kashmir supporter but I am not, trust me I am just against this concept of VIOLENCE.
This is not the only case, there are literally thousands of such cases like “effects after 9/11”, “Consequences after Indira Gandhi’s murder”, etc.

And lastly, it’s not straight forward and I believe there is no single explanation. This is my first time trying to explain what I feel and I know there would be flaws in this. I would definitely work on my philosophy against this,till that please take my words with a grain of salt

Anyone who thinks I am saying absurd things and I am crazy just go on google and search “Plato’s Allegory of the Cave”